The rivalry between Saudi Arabia & Iran has split the Islamic World for decades but now Tehran and Riyadh held four rounds of talks in Iraq enable Iranian diplomats to arrive in KSA to work in OIC in Jeddah. .#KSA #Iran #Reuters #WION

"Three Iranian diplomats have arrived in Jeddah to start their work at the OIC," foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh told a televised news conference. 

In a further sign of a thaw in ruptured ties, Iran said in December that its regional Sunni rival Saudi Arabia had agreed to grant visas to three Iranian diplomats to be based in the kingdom. 

Tehran and Riyadh held four rounds of talks in Iraq, with Baghdad hoping its mediation will stop the neighbors seeking to settle scores on its territory. Saudi Arabia has described the talks as cordial but exploratory, while Tehran says they had gone a "good distance". 

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